Burger flippers of the world, unite! The entitlement culture has hit the local fast food joint, as strikes and protests are popping up all over the country. So far, non-union workers have walked off the job in New York, Seattle,
Last night, MSNBC host Chris Hayes noted the 50-year anniversary of George Wallace’s “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door” by identifying the racist Alabama governor as a Republican. Wallace had physically blocked two black students from entering the University of Alabama
Since the NSA and PRISM scandals broke, sales of George Orwell’s 1984 have been soaring. The story of an all-seeing, all-knowing state is suddenly relevant again. Yet long before Orwell focused his literary imagination on official propaganda, he attacked the deceptions
MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes tried to rewrite history on Tuesday, describing the late segregationist Gov. George Wallace of Alabama as a Republican. Wallace was a Democrat–as were most Jim Crow-era leaders. Hayes was trying to draw a parallel
While discussing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden this morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough railed against the source of Glen Greenwald’s story exposing vast electronic wiretapping by the US government and called him “a weasel.” “Look at that guy,
A recent Girl Scout-sponsored event in New York City, billed as one that would “celebrate women and girls,” featured a live screening and panel discussion of the documentary MAKERS, a feminist, pro-abortion video account of prominent women who are described
“Everyone has a right to be stupid,” Trotsky said of the literary critic Dwight MacDonald. “But comrade MacDonald abuses the privilege.” A viewer of the Chris Matthews MSNBC program “Hardball” might be forgiven for feeling the same way. Matthews interviewed
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) appearing on MSNBC expresses her hope that Friday’s shooting spree in Santa Monica will continue to make gun control an issue even though a recent round of gun regulations, inspired by 2012’s Sandy Hook shooting, failed
The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, the man who broke the NSA snooping story and revealed leaker Edward Snowden to the world, appeared on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC Monday morning. Co-host Mika Brezinski engaged in a mini-debate with Greenwald over the
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was interviewed by NBC News’s Andrea Mitchell Saturday on the leaks regarding the Obama administration’s surveillance programs
On Thursday, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell, responding to Rudy Guiliani’s criticism of Barack Obama’s national security policies on Wednesday, repeated his charge from October 2011 that Giuliani was responsible for the firefighter deaths from 9/11. O’Donnell said Guiliani was an
Senator Jeff Merkley discusses his displeasure with Obama’s NSA surveillance program on MSNBC’s “NOW with Alex Wagner.”
On MSNBC’s Hardball Friday, host Chris Matthews revealed he didn’t know that there are currently two African-American US Senators serving in Congress. “We don’t have any African Americans in the United States Senate, which I think is a disgrace,” he
MSNBC’s Krystal Ball calls in to “The Cycle” to announce the birth of her baby boy Lowell earlier Friday.
“Only racists cite that fact or make this argument. You’re not a RACIST, are you?” Ever had a liberal tell you that? I have, many times. What are they telling you when they say this? Here’s my summation of their thinking: “That
In an interview with MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” comedian Jim Gaffigan fires off zingers about his well-known comedy topics: parenthood, food and fitness, laziness, plus a silly dig at host Touré thrown in for good measure.
The people pushing Comprehensive Immigration Reform don’t want you to hear a diversity of voices on the topic, hoping instead to crush debate as they ram their legislation through Congress. This is especially true with black Americans, among whom the
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is hinting every chance he gets that he wants to run for governor of Maryland, where he was once lieutenant governor. Steele, who is now a contributor on MSNBC, told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd
Rev. Al Sharpton on the Monday edition of MSNBC’s “Politics Nation.”
It’s good to be reminded every now and then how truly awful Al Sharpton is. As the New York Times has moved into the digital age, it is releasing a good deal of well-produced video content, and its fifteen minute documentary on
There was an interesting little nugget just lying around in a Salon autopsy examining what might be going wrong at MSNBC, which has seen its ratings collapse over the last three months: In the key 25-54 year-old demo, Fox News’
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Former press secretary Robert Gibbs stated that Congressman “Darrell Issa should call Jay Carney and apologize this morning.” Gibbs went on to say that Issa as Chairman of the House Oversight Committee was the “biggest joke
As though MSNBC doesn’t have enough ratings problems, the recent decision to dump the working class Ed Schultz for Rachel Maddow doppelganger Chris Hayes is also blowing up in the Lean Forward network’s face. MSNBC president Phil Griffin probably thought
Sunday, The New York Times took notice of the collapse of MSNBC’s ratings — something Big Journalism has been covering with some interest for a while now. In the wake of Obama’s reelection, the conventional wisdom was that liberalism was
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Attorney General Eric Holder
